ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,805, issued on March 25, was assigned to Northwest Podiatric Laboratory Inc. (Blaine, Wash.).
"Orthotic insert" was invented by Ruben Valle (Bellingham, Wash.), Dylan Rice (Seattle), Timothy Messmer (Anacortes, Wash.), Benjamin Lange (Custer, Wash.), Matthew Hill (Blaine, Wash.) and Lucas Wyatt (Lynden, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthotic insert for use within footwear, may include a support shell. The support shell may include a forward portion configured to underlie and support a plantar surface of a metatarsal head area of a foot of a user and a rear portion configured to underlie and support a plantar surface of a h...